The more types of elements (pipes, valves, customer points...) you add to your network, the more you will get out of Qatium. In addition, we recommend that for each type of element you provide as much information as possible by specifying its properties. This way, you will have much more complete information for your scenarios to be accurate and the results more useful. 

How to edit properties 

EPANET

You can specify element properties in your .inp files in 2 ways:  

• Using the EPANET software (recommended): select an element and launch the property editor. Then edit the value for each property. 

• Using a text editor (e.g. Notepad) to open the file and make the necessary edits.

GIS data

If your network includes GIS files, you can specify element properties in the following 2 ways:  

• Using a GIS editor (e.g., QGIS) (recommended): select an element layer and open the attributes table to edit their properties.

• Using a code or text editor to open the file and make the necessary edits.

How Qatium processes properties

Right after every import, Qatium carries out a series of checks on your data, to make sure they’re accurate and coherent. 

Some properties are common to all elements (type, ID, life cycle), while others are element-specific. In all cases, Qatium respects the information you include, filling in as many gaps as possible. 

• If the format is the accepted one, Qatium displays the values in the tooltips and popovers of each element.
• If the format is not correct or you don’t include the information, Qatium tries to infer the data.

Learn more about editing element properties by visiting the articles inside this category.